Machete Bar

The Machete Bar is a great exclamation point to a day on the river. Anglers gather to tell stories and buy their guides a celebratory beer, sometimes staying late enough to get out and start fishing again.

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Craft cocktail enthusiasts flock to head bartender Sadie Montana to enjoy her gift for creating unique cocktails, using local fruits and herbs that capture the essence of Swan Valley.

A tribute to the late, great Evel Knievel,

The Machete Bar is named in honor of legendary wilderness explorer “Jonny Machete”, who frequently wielded his famous blade in the Swan Valley. Inside, the spirit of Evel Knievel lives through memorabilia and a classic pinball machine that bears his name. The bar itself features rich wood, vintage furniture and shelves stocked with bottles that will make any spirits aficionado want to climb our ladder to the top. The bar is warm, comfortable, rustic and refined.

The Machete Bar is just one of many surprising amenities anglers visiting South Fork Lodge can enjoy.

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The Restaurant

Anglers sitting down to a meal at South Fork Lodge will instantly begin to doubt that they’re really on a fishing retreat and not sitting in some Michelin-reviewed restaurant featuring white-glove service.

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The Fishing

The South Fork of the Snake River is tops among American rivers when it comes to dry-fly fishing. The South Fork’s native cutthroat trout always seem to have their eyes on the surface, but introduced rainbows and brown trout will surprise anglers with how often they, too, will attack a well-presented surface pattern.

Our Accommodations

Guests visiting South Fork Lodge might come for the fabled dry-fishing on the South Fork of the Snake River. But when they experience the comfort and quality of the accommodations, they’ll remember their trip to eastern Idaho as a holistic fly-fishing adventure that can’t be found anywhere else.